Board approves tracking satellite for criminals SAN BERNARDINO “”mdash; The Board of Supervisors approved global-positioning satellite tracking of high-risk offenders on probation. Supervisors on Tuesday approved a contract with Sentinel Offender Services LLC to begin tracking movements of the area’s most dangerous criminals using GPS technology and nonremoveable ankle bracelets. Read more...

This might surprise some politically apathetic students, but Los Angeles has a new mayor. Rumor has it he was elected Tuesday while we were distracted by midterms and our own undergraduate elections. Read more...

The Associated Students UCLA is already starting some of the renovation projects that could have been delayed if it were not for the passage of the SAFE referendum two weeks ago. Read more...

The message is simplistic, a bit cliche, but unquestionably true ““ slavery still exists. While this week’s antislavery protests surrounding the issue of human trafficking are important, it is equally important to recognize enslavement that comes with a metaphorical, rather than physical, ball and chain. Read more...

After a 45-minute drive north through traffic on the 405 Freeway along a labyrinth of other highways and roads winding away from campus, about 12 undergraduates went to another class last Wednesday ““ only this time they were the teachers. Read more...

We’re taught since kindergarten that the best way to get something is to be nice and reach a compromise. Unfortunately, that message seems to have gone over our governor’s head. Read more...